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Why did you decide to run for mayor? 

I guess I firmly believe right now that Moose Jaw is in a very pivotal moment. And that we have the opportunity, I think, to really define and shape the future for the city for generations to come.

The 12th annual Paws for Pledges Radiothon is hitting the airwaves tomorrow on Country 100 in support of the Moose Jaw Humane Society. 

The radiothon will be on the air from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. live from the Moose Jaw Humane Society shelter. This year’s goal is to raise $95,000, with the funds going towards the day-to-day operations of the shelter, emergencies, vet bills, and much more. 

Have an unwanted hunting rifle sitting around the house? How about a pair of antlers or maybe some old fishing gear? 

The Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation will gladly take them off your hands as part of their Guns for Habitat and Antlers for Habitat programs. 

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It's Throwback Thursday - just a minute to remember the good ol' days.

It doesn't seem like 12 years ago but it was - 12 years and five months, actually, when the first big-name rock star took to the stage at Moose Jaw's brand new, downtown arena, now known as the Moose Jaw Events Centre.

John Mellencamp played to a sold-out crowd on June 24th, 2012. I was there. I'll never forget it.

This is your final opportunity to vote in the advance polls before the municipal election on Nov. 13. 

Advance polls will be open today from noon to 6 p.m. at the Golden Nugget Centre on the Moose Jaw Exhibition Grounds.  

The Kinsmen Moose Jaw Speed Skating Club is holding a Rib & Ceasar Night fundraiser at the Crushed Can on Saturday, Nov. 9. 

Tickets are $25 each and will be available at the door but can be purchased ahead of time by emailing mjspeedskating@gmail.com or calling Lisa at 306-684-9800.  

Saskatchewan stepped up once again, as the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Radiothon raised $1,010,204 to improve care at Saskatchewan’s only children’s hospital. 

Broadcasting on 32 radio stations across the province on Tuesday and Wednesday, the radiothon aimed to raise funds for the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation to purchase state-of-the-art cardiac and respiratory equipment. 

The Moose Jaw Warriors have one more day of practice, preparing for back-to-back games tomorrow and Saturday nights. The Lethbridge Hurricanes are in Moose Jaw tomorrow with the Warriors on the road Saturday to play the Tigers in Medicine Hat.

Senior Boys volleyball semi-finals tonight, it’s Cornerstone against Central and Peacock plays Vanier.

Senior Girls volleyball semi-finals also happening tonight, with a matchup between Briercrest and Vanier, and it’s Peacock against Cornerstone. 

NBA last night, the Toronto Raptors fell 122-107 to the Sacramento Kings. 

The Royal Canadian Legion branch in Montreal’s Verdun borough meets once a week in a community centre space it rents by the hour, less than 500 metres from the elegant brick building it sold over a decade ago when maintenance costs got too high. 

After years of rising rents, a forced move and general instability, its members are happy to have somewhere to meet. But president Darlene Harrison says one question keeps coming back: “When are we going to have our own home again?”

Stories passed down from elders tell how First Nations from afar would paddle their canoes to bathe in the hot springs on the territory of the Sts'ailes First Nation.

They believed the water contained medicine, said Sts'ailes Grand Chief William Charlie.

“Our people have been using it for tens of thousands of years," he said of the springs he called Qwólts, meaning boiling medicine water.